John V.A. Fine, Jr. :
"In defense of Vampires"
in Alan Dunde's "The Vampire - A Casebook"
University of Wisconsin Press, USA, 1998

Mr. Fine appears to have found this story in S. Maksimovic "Sudjenja u Pozarevackom Magistratu (1827-1844)", 1973

The Case:

On the 6th of June, 1844, no less than 5 men were sentenced by the district Court of Pozarevac. They had unearthed the corpse of an old woman, had stabbed it with knives and had fired guns at it. The leaders, Matije Ljubenovic and Stojan Dunic were to be beaten with 40 strokes each. Their companions Petar Nikolic, Todor Mijajlovic and Janko Djordjevic got a lighter punishment: only 25 strokes each.

The Date:

Nice date: 6 June, 1844. It is the date of the court sentence. So it seems pretty likely that the destruction of the vampire must have taken place some time earlier.

The Place:

Krepoljin can be found in Serbia, somewhere between Belgrade and Zajecar.

Personal Comments

Although it seems obvious that the men were driven to their deed by fear of vampirism, it would have been nice to learn more about their motives.

Possible Follow-Up:

We have been given quite a bit of information. A date, a place, the names of the vampire hunters. First read your copy of the article by Fine. Then go find his source, the book by Masimovic. Translate it or have it translated and see what further information you will come up with.